How many it had cost in the amassing, what blood and sorrow, what good ships scuttled on the deep, what brave men walking the plank blindfold, what shot of cannon, what shame and lies and cruelty, perhaps no man alive could tell.

为了聚敛这笔财富，究竟牺牲了多少人，流过多少血泪，多少好船被凿沉深海，多少勇士蒙眼走上跳板，又有多少炮火、耻辱、谎言与残酷，活着的人恐怕谁也说不清。